Attacking inequality in the health sector : [electronic resource] a synthesis of evidence and tools / Abdo S. Yazbeck.
By: Yazbeck, Abdo
Contributor(s): World Bank
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TextPublisher: Washington, DC : World Bank, c2009Description: xxiv, 308 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 9780821374443; 9780821377406 (eISBN)Subject(s): Healthcare Disparities | Cross-Cultural Comparison | Developing Countries | Health Policy | Health Status Disparities | Socioeconomic Factors | Equality -- Health aspects | Health services accessibility | Poor -- Medical care -- Cross-cultural studies | World healthAdditional physical formats: Print Version:DDC classification: 362.1/042 LOC classification: RA418 | .Y39 2009Online resources: home Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-294) and index.
An unacceptable reality -- Approaching a complex and persistent problem -- The importance of "listening" -- A menu of pro-poor policies -- Brazil, filling the cracks in universal coverage -- Cambodia: contracting with nongovernmental organizations to serve the poor -- Cambodia: health equity fund for the poor -- Chile: integrated services program for the poor -- Colombia: expanding health insurance for the poor -- India: community-based health care services -- Indonesia: health cards for the poor -- Kenya: expanding immunization reach through campaigns -- The Kyrgyz Republic: health financing reform and the poor -- Mexico: paying the poor to use health services -- Mexico: providing subsidized health insurance to the poor -- Nepal: participatory planning -- Rwanda: community-based health insurance -- Tanzania: social marketing for malaria prevention -- Vigilance.
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